Your 'Light Bulb' Moment

Ahh when I first went vegetarian I had quite the opposite. Both my mother and auntie had been vegetarian for several years, then gave it up, so they were quite accepting. It was after I'd decided that I wanted to be a vegetarian and my cousins got on that they started giving me crap. I was very mis-informed back in the day, and had an argument with one of them about eating honey, and eventually gave in and ate the honey. I am now backed up with some (minimal stores of) quotes and facts. Very useful But yes, everyone that goes veg goes through the stage of 'it's just a phase' in the same way that when a kid decides to let everyone else know that s/he is bi/gay/lez everyone says it's 'just a phase' because they can't accept that their child is diferent (and is right )

It will pass. If need be, throw the meat back at your father. (I normally wouldn't recomend violence, but letting him know that you don't like it being thrown at you, and perhaps trying to get him to put himself in your shoes, would elp) I know that my father says he 'hates violence' and his excuse is he 'loves food too much' Which is a load of bull, but anyway. Sometimes its better just to ignore it.

Someone spraypainted savebabe.com all around this suburb..Curiosity got the better of me so i checked the site out and here i am today! I never ate pig again after that but it took me a while before i went vegan because i had poor health and drs brainwashing me etc. I am at 1 year of being vegan now and going to get some ink on me to mark the anniversary. Considering getting savebabe.com tattood across my back so i can be a walking billboard hahaha!

Yeh they'll probably all memorise it thinking it's some hectic porn site or something hahaha.

I had a meat is murder stencil.

heres a few of my light bulb moments which i wrote on another forum a few years ago..



i have a cousin who has been vegetarian for most of her life she talked to me about AR issues and thats where i learnt where meat came from and about animal testing, though poring my mums cosmetics down the drain failed to solve these problems.

i grew up in a area where slaughter trucks used to go past quite a bit though this was a built up area, seeing cows crammed into the back of the trucks disturbed my little mind. i guess that's why they moved the slaughter house for the out of sight out of mind guarantee

as a teenager i went to my friends house for a bbq he had these chickens that ran free in his back yard it was a sunny day and we were in his yard and he was talking how great his chickens were, his mum called every one for food they had these greasy big sausage's, steak and other random carnivorous delights, she sat down began to eat then stood up mumbled something and went inside she returned with these big rost chickens she put one in front of me and the other some where else on the table. i looked at the chickens in the yard running free scratchin and doing other chicken things than looked at the dead rost bird placed in front of me i couldn't eat it.

the final reason was last year i was still carnivorous but strongly considering change, i had this friend i was talking to him about meat production and what i have been learning. he snapped and constantly threatened to eat my companion animals our friendship ended shortly after that.... and i went vegan

besides all of that i am studying animal care at t.a.f.e its fun but at the same time it off campus so i have to do all the work at home, id rather be on campus id get more work done and its a bit more social. i also do vonteer work in rehabilitating native wildlife mainly reptiles, im a A.L.S.A member and plan to go to more of the meetings in the future i have also reciently joined v.e.g.s.a....


thats about it

You poured your mums cosmetics down the drain? hahaha..........

It's funny how people get abusive about it, they just don't handle it well. Even if you disagree, is it that hard to just put it all aside and keep the peace?
But having said this, as nasty as omnis can be, there are some vegans that are the same. Won't accept your opinion and think they're right and get all nasty because they believe what they think is the be all and end all of everything. Although i do tend to find older vegans express themselves better and find a good balance. But then again i did have a friend who's 40ish and told my omni mate he was going to die of bowl cancer and bleed from the arse hahaha.

Haha, too funny!

I used to get really defensive but have realised you can't change ppl who don't want to change. And most of the time these ppl make stupid veg comments they just wan't to stir. Now that I don't get defensive they leave me alone. No fun picking on someone who doesn't bite back